Sign apparatus

Claim 2

Sign apparatus comprising a multiple planar matrix-formed three dimensional sign formed from a unitary relatively flexible and moldable sheet material, the sign apparatus having a generally planar vertically oriented base, an edge portion extended rearwardly along a peripheral portion of the base, a plurality of integrally formed spaced apart indicia bearing portions having intermediate base areas therebetween, indicia bearing portions projected forward of the base and forming first wall sections integrally interconnected to the indicia bearing portion and the base and extending rearward from a periphery of the indicia bearing portion to the base, wherein the intermediate base areas have raised reinforcement portions parallel to each other and perpendicular to the said first wall sections and joining the first wall sections and thereby interconnecting the indicia bearing portions, indicia projected outward from the indicia bearing portions and having indicia wall sections extending from the indicia bearing portions to peripheries of the indicia, and mounting means on the base for attachment of the sign to an object.

Claim 3

The sign apparatus of claim 1 wherein the reinforcement portions have planar surfaces at a level intermediate the base and the indicia receiving portions.

Claim 4

The sign apparatus of claim 1 wherein the intermediate base areas contain the mounting means, and further comprising raised stiffening portions extending along the intermediate base areas from the mounting means toward the rEinforcement portions and between the indicia bearing portions.

Claim 5

The sign apparatus of claim 1 wherein the indicia bearing portions terminate short of lateral edges of the base, forming lateral base portions along opposite lateral edges of the base, and wherein the sign apparatus further comprises ridge members extended outward from the lateral base portions and terminating near upper and lower edges of the base.

Claim 6

Sign apparatus of claim 14 further comprising a single elongated aluminum tube having at a rectangular cross section and having an opening a first longitudinal end thereof, and having bolt receiving holes in lateral portions of the tube near a second longitudinal end thereof, and an elongated stake having a rectangular cross section similar to the tube cross section and slightly smaller than the tube cross section whereby the tube may be slipped over the stake, the stake having a first end configured for penetrating a ground surface and having a second end configured for driving with a weight the second end of the stake and a substantial portion of the stake being inserted in the first end of the tube, and the first end of the tube abutting the ground.

Claim 7

Sign apparatus comprising a multiple planar matrix-formed three dimensional sign formed from a unitary relatively flexible and moldable sheet material, the sign apparatus having a generally planar vertically oriented base, and edge portion extended rearwardly along a peripheral portion of the base, a plurality of integrally formed spaced apart indicia bearing portions having intermediate base areas therebetween, indicia bearing portions projected forward of the base and forming first wall sections integrally interconnected to the indicia bearing portion and the base and extending rearward from a periphery of the indicia bearing portion to the base, indicia projected outward from the indicia bearing portions and having indicia wall sections extending from the indicia bearing portions to peripheries of the indicia, and mounting means on the base for attachment of the sign to an object, wherein the mounting means comprises an aperture through an intermediate base area and an annular reinforcing member surrounding the aperture and bonded to a rear face of the intermediate base area.

Claim 8

Sign apparatus comprising a multiple planar matrix-formed three dimensional sign formed from a unitary relatively flexible and moldable sheet material, the sign apparatus having a generally planar vertically oriented base, and edge portion extended rearwardly along a peripheral portion of the base, a plurality of integrally formed spaced apart indicia bearing portions having intermediate base areas therebetween, indicia bearing portions projected forward of the base and forming first wall sections integrally interconnected to the indicia bearing portion and the base and extending rearward from a periphery of the indicia bearing portion to the base, indicia projected outward from the indicia bearing portions and having indicia wall sections extending from the indicia bearing portions to peripheries of the indicia, and mounting means on the base for attachment of the sign to an object, wherein the mounting means comprises an aperture through an intermediate base area and an annular reinforcing member surrounding the aperture and bonded to a rear face of the intermediate base area.

Claim 9

The sign apparatus of claim 6 further comprising fastener means connected to the mounting means and extending rearward therefrom, tubular post means connected to the fastener means and extending downward from the sign, the tubular post means combining an opening in the lower end and separable stake means extending downward from the opening and terminating in a pointed lower end, the stake means extending upward through the opening in the post and terminating in an upper end, whereby the stake means may be driven into the ground prior to the positioning of the post over the stake means.

Claim 10

The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the post means is an aluminum tube having a square cross section, and wherein the stake means is a solid wooden stake having a square cross section slightly smaller than internal cross-sectional dimensions of the aluminum tube.

Claim 11

Sign apparatus comprising a multiple planar three dimensional sign formed from a unitary relatively flexible and moldable sheet material, the sign apparatus having a generally planar vertically oriented base, an edge portion extended rearwardly along a peripheral portion of the base, integrally formed indicia bearing portion projected forward of the base and forming first wall sections integrally interconnected to the indicia bearing portion and the base and extending rearward from a periphery of the indicia bearing portion to the base, indicia projected outward from the indicia bearing portion and having indicia wall sections extending from the indicia bearing portion to peripheries of the indicia, wherein the indicia bearing portion terminates short of lateral edges of the base, forming lateral base portions along opposite lateral edges of the base, and wherein the sign apparatus further comprises ridge members extended outward from the lateral base portions and terminating near upper and lower edges of the base, rigidifying portions extending forward from the base intermediate the ridge members and the indicia bearing portion, the rigidifying portions being spaced from each other and parallel to each other and terminating in opposite wall sections of the ridge members and the indicia bearing portion, the sign further comprising mounting means on the base for attachment of the sign to an object.

Claim 12

Sign apparatus comprising a multiple planar three dimensional sign formed from a unitary relatively flexible and moldable sheet material, the sign apparatus having a generally planar vertically oriented base, an edge portion extended rearwardly along a peripheral portion of the base, integrally formed indicia bearing portion projected forward of the base and forming first wall sections integrally interconnected to the indicia bearing portion and the base and extending rearward from a periphery of the indicia bearing portion to the base, indicia projected outward from the indicia bearing portion and having indicia wall sections extending from the indicia bearing portion to peripheries of the indicia, wherein the indicia bearing portion terminates short of lateral edges of the base, forming lateral base portions along opposite lateral edges of the base, and wherein the sign apparatus further comprises ridge members extended outward from the lateral base portions and terminating near upper and lower edges of the base, rigidifying portions extending forward from the base intermediate the ridge members and the indicia bearing portion, the rigidifying portions being spaced from each other and parallel to each other and terminating in opposite wall sections of the ridge members and the indicia bearing portion, the sign further comprising mounting means on the base for attachment of the sign to an object.

Claim 13

The sign apparatus of claim 9 wherein the indicia bearing portion comprises a plurality of spaced apart bearing portions having integrally formed raised intermediate base areas therebetween.

Claim 14

Sign apparatus comprising a multiple planar matrix-formed three dimensional sign formed from a unitary relatively flexible and moldable sheet material, the sign apparatus having a generally planar vertically oriented base, an edge portion extended rearwardly along a peripheral portion of the base, integrally formed indicia bearing portion projected forward of the base and forming first wall sections integrally interconnected to the indicia bearing portion and the base and extending rearward from a periphery of the indicia bearing portion to the base, integrally formed indicia projected outward from the indicia bearing portion and having indicia wall sections extending from the indicia bearing portion to peripheries of the indicia, and mounting means comprising adhesive means on rear portions of the base for attaching the rear portion and the sign apparatus to a raised indicia bearing portion of another separate sign apparatus.

Claim 15

Sign apparatus comprising a multiple planar matrix-formed three dimensional sign formed from a unitary relatively flexible and moldable sheet material, the sign apparatus having a generally planar vertically oriented base, an edge portion extended rearwardly along a peripheral portion of the base, integrally formed indicia bearing portion projected forward of the base and forming first wall sections integrally interconnected to the indicia bearing portion and the base and extending rearward from a periphery of the indicia bearing portion to the base, integrally formed indicia projected outward from the indicia bearing portion and having indicia wall sections extending from the indicia bearing portion to peripheries of the indicia, and mounting means comprising adhesive means on rear portions of the base for attaching the rear portion and the sign apparatus to a raised indicia bearing portion of another separate sign apparatus.